Electronic Sealing- Deposit in and removal of goods from Customs Bonded Warehouses under RAD tamperproof One Time Seal - Customs - PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 32/2018

GOVT. OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE OFFICE THE PRINCIPAL COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS NEW CUSTOM HOUSE, CHENNAI-VII COMMISSIONERATE AIR CARGO COMPLEX, MEENAMBAKKAM, CHENNAI-600 027 F. No.: S.Misc.104/2018- (Bound-Air) Dated: 27.08.2018 PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 32/2018 Sub: Electronic Sealing- Deposit in and removal of goods from Customs Bonded Warehouses under RAD tamperproof One Time Seal - reg. Attention of all the CHAs, Importers and the trade is invited to the Board's Circular number 19/2018-Customs dated 18.06.2018, issued in File no. 484/3/2015-LC (Vol II) regarding RFID sealing which is to be extended to transport of Goods for deposit in a Warehouse as well as removal of Goods from the Warehouse. 2. The Board has prescribed RFID self sealing for export of containerized cargo. Circular 36/2017, 37/2017 and 41/2017 - Customs prescribe the use of RFID tamper proof one time bolt seal and providing the readers of / procedure for its use by Customs. It is now been decided by the Board vide Circular no. 19/2018- Customs dated 18.06.2018 vide File no. 484/3/2015-LC (Vol II) that RAD sealing shall be extended to transport of goods for deposit in a warehouse as well as removal there from. Therefore, where ever the Warehousing Regulations (referred in Para.1 above) prescribe affixing of a One Time Lock, the Importer or the owner of Goods shall use RFID anti tamper one time locks (here in after referred as RFID OTL ). 3. The RFID OTLs shall be sourced from the vendors whose name appear in the list placed on the website of CBIC (please see web-link alongside to Circular 36 37 of 2017 on www.cbic.gov.in ) 3.1 Considering the fact that goods may be removed through a variety of vehicles, different types of RFID O TLS, such as Bolt Seals (already specified by circular 36/2017 Cus ) or Wire Cable Seal shall be used. The specifications, data elements and procedure to be used under the regulations for warehousing shall be as follows: 3.2 Seals (i) For Container (RFID One Time Bolt Seal): As prescribed under Circular 36/2017- Customs dated 28.08.2017. (ii) For Closed Body vehicles (RAD Wire Cable Seals): 1. Each seal shall be One Time Lock bearing a unique Serial Number and brand of the vendor in the format ABCD XXXX XXXX, where ABCD stands for the Brand of the Vendor and XXXX (8 digit) is a numerical digit from 0 to 9. 2. The RAD seal shall conform to ISO 17712-2013 and ISO/IEC 18000-6 Class Gen 2 which is globally accepted in industrial applications and can be read with the use of UHF (i.e. 860 MHz to 960 MHz) Reader-Scanners. 3. The manufacturer or vendor as the case may be shall be in position of certification required for conformance of the ISO standard ISO 17712:2013 namely; clauses 4,5 and 6 (as applicable to cable wire Seals). 4. Before' commencement of the sales, the vendor shall submit Self Certified copies of the above certifications to the Risk Management Division (RMD). 3.3 Readers The specifications of the readers to be deployed shall be as prescribe under Circular 41/2017-Customs dated 30.10.2017. 3.4 Software and Application (a) The data elements to be captured in the web application in the case of removal of Goods from a Custom Station to a Bonded Warehouse shall be as follows: (i) IEC (Importer Exporter Code) (ii) Bili of Entry Number (iii) Date (iv) RAD OTL number (v) Date of Sealing (vii) Time of Sealing (vii) Container Number (where cargo is containerized or else not required) (viii) Registration no. of the Vehicle (ix) Warehouse Code (x) Customs location code (b) The data elements to be captured in the web application in the case of removal of Goods from a Warehouse to a Custom Station for export shall be as follows: (i) IEC (Importer Exporter Code) (ii) Bill of Entry Number (iii) Date (iv) RFID OTL number (v) Date of Sealing (vi) Time of Sealing (vii) Container Number (where cargo is containerized or else not required) (viii) Registration no. of the Vehicle (ix) Warehouse Code (x) Customs location code (c) The data elements to be captured in the web application in the case of removal of Goods from a Warehouse to another Warehouse (section 67) shall be as follows: (i) IEC (Importer Exporter Code) (ii) Bill of Entry Number (iii) Date (iv) RAD OTL number (v) Date of Sealing (vi) Time of Sealing (vii) Container Number (where cargo is containerized or else not required) (viii) Registration no. of the Vehicle (ix) Warehouse Code (origin) (x) Warehouse Code (destination) 3.5 Procedure a) All licenses of customs bonded warehouses shall have to procure Readers for scanning of RFID OTLs at the bonded warehouse at their own cost. b) The licensee shall also procure RFID OTLs from the vendors for providing the same to importer, owner, and exporter or in case of private bonded warehouses for their own use. It is clarified that licensee are free to procure RFID OTLs from any one or more vendors. c) The vendors shall be required to provide Readers to Customs locations. Readers already deployed by vendors to Ports and ICDs for RAD sealing can also be used for this procedure. Air Cargo complexes, CFSs and LCSs are also covered under this procedure for transport of Bonded Goods. d) Any importer permitted to remove goods for deposit in a warehouse shall obtain an RAD seal from the Warehouse where the goods are to be deposited. e) Vendors shall ensure that the TID number is captured in their data base and warehouse code of the licensee is linked to the same at the time of sale of seals. f) Vendors shall ensure that data can be uploaded from the internet enabled Readers as well as desktops. g) Circular no. 19/2016-Cus dated 20th May 2016 prescribes that the importer shall declare the warehouse code in the Bill of Entry for warehousing. Out of Charge officer releasing the cargo for deposit in a warehouse is advised to match the warehouse code declared in the bill of entry with that linked to the seal. This procedure shall dispense the need for securing any space availability certificates by importers. h) The exporter of warehoused goods will be obliged to declare the physical serial number of the RFID OTL at the time of filing the online integrated shipping bill or in the case of manual shipping bill, before the container or cargo is dispatched from the warehouse. i) In case the RFID OTL is found to be tampered at the Customs Station at the time of Export, then mandatory examination would be carried out by the Customs authorities. j) In case at the time of arrival of the goods at the warehouse, the RFID OTL is found to be tampered, then the licensee shall not permit unloading of the goods and shall inform the Bond Officer (Please refer sub regulation 5(1) and (7) of the Warehouse Custody and handling of Goods Regulation,2016). k) Under Regulation (5) of the Warehoused Goods (Removal) Regulation 2016, the importer or the owner is required to produce an acknowledgement of the due arrival of the goods. A period of one month or as extended by the Proper Officer has been provided under the Regulations for producing the acknowledgement, failing which the owner of the goods is required to pay full duties along with the interest, fine and penalties. With the introduction of the procedure contained in the circular, the trip report generated by scanning RFID OTL at the destination Custom Station or Warehouse, shall be printed and retained for records by the Customs Station, Bond officer and licensee. This will enable discharge of the requirement of acknowledgment enjoined under the regulation (5). However, this is not withstanding the obligation cost on the licensee under Warehouse (Custody and handling) Regulation, 2016 for accountal of goods [Regulation (5) and (7)]. l) For the purposes of Risk Management, of there is any inordinate delay in the due arrival of goods, the bond officer may be alerted by the Custom Station or Vice Versa. m) Where any procedure requires that goods removed from a warehouse shall move under physical escort by Customs (eg. As prescribed by Circular 32/2016 regarding Duty Free Shops), the use of RAD OTL shall not apply. 4. The Principle Commissioner of Customs/ Commissioner of Customs is duly empowered to permit movement of Goods without affixation of RFID O TLS, where the nature of goods or their manner of transport so warrant (e.g. Liquid Bulk Cargo transported through Pipe Lines and Over Dimensional Cargo). 5. The instructions and procedure given above shall be followed strictly with effect from 1 St /October/2018. (N. 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